This week I fell into the work of Esther Perel following contemplation on this quote, which formed the theme for my women's circle with The Fifth Direction:

"I hold this to be the highest bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of another." - Rilke

Birth, creation, all happens from space. And while our human bodies are made of around 65-85% water (depending who you speak to, what you read, or google), the atoms in our cells are 99.9999% space. The idea that great accomplishments happen in the rushing, and "bursting into fits of feverish activity" is one of life's greatest illusions.

Sharing some wisdom from Maharaj today...

“Once you realise that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your own imagination! However is the picture, beautiful or ugly, you are painting it and you are not bound by it. Realise that there is nobody to force it on you, that it is due to the habit of taking the imaginary to be real. See the imaginary as imaginary and be free of fear…

The constant sore hip, shoulder, knee...(insert your sore body part). The constant fatigue. The constant feelings of anger, depression, anxiety. The constant fear and self-doubt. I have no doubt in saying that each and everyone of you reading this have experienced one or all of the above, for lengthy periods, and that you're very likely to have gone to the Dr, physio, osteo, etc over and over and over again to seek relief.

The 9th of April marks the start of the Vedic New Year, also called Chaitra Navratri (one of two Navratri's during the year, the other happening alongside the next equinox period in September - October).

as meditators, it's the things that are toughest to express to a non-meditator, (such as losing the idea we are separate from the universe and all it contains), that are the real reasons we meditate.

What is in YOUR way? What are you waking up to every day that stops you from achieving the things you want to?

Is it something external to you, or is it actually, yourself?

When you choose to walk the path of 'becoming',

you quickly realise it's more about 'unbecoming'.

It becomes about 'unlearning' rather than 'learning'.

Unbecoming the lie can be tedious, agitating, and frustrating.

I think of it like a chain necklace having become tangled.

A lovely student who completed my online Learn to Meditate course this week asked the question, "what do you think 'consciousness' is in terms of the practice you've been teaching?".

Kindness is free. Kindness doesn't stop with the person you gift it to. Kindness is an exchange of positively charged energy…